Crete-Monee is 8-2 against Bloom since December of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success  on Thursday. The Crete-Monee Warriors' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Bloom Blazing Trojan at 6:00  p.m.  on January 25th. Crete-Monee will have to bring their A-game into this one,  as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 332nd, while Bloom is ranked 123rd).
 Crete-Monee suffered their closest  defeat yet this season on Monday. They fell just short of Simeon by a score of  55-53.
 Meanwhile, Bloom stacked  an  eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They took their  matchup at home  with ease, bagging a  58-28 win over Chicago Marshall. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest  win Bloom has posted  since November 22, 2023.
 Crete-Monee has  not been sharp recently, as they've  lost five of their last six contests,  which put a noticeable dent in their 6-16 record this season. As for Bloom, they pushed their record up to 17-5 with that  win, which was their fourth straight  at home.
 Everything went Crete-Monee's way against Bloom in their previous meeting  back in January of 2023 as Crete-Monee made off with a  48-24 victory. Does  Crete-Monee have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bloom turn the tables on them?  We'll have the answer soon enough.